Defense Foundation

Privileged insiders are "trusted" IT experts (internal IT staff, contractors and vendor service technicians) who have access to IT infrastructure at its very foundation.

They are the Insider Threat.

The Defense Foundation from TDi Technologies® delivers Foundation Management Security, directly addressing this challenge, the challenge of the Insider Threat. The Defense Foundation secures privileged interfaces - placing them under secure, role-based systems management and authentication and provides forensic recording of every action taken over a privileged interface, recording this information down to the keystroke for each action.

Securing the Component Layer

The component layer of IT architecture is the most unsecured and vulnerable part of IT infrastructure. Privileged insiders routinely access the component layer to configure, repair, and maintain the component and systems layer of the architecture.

This access is through privileged component interfaces that include physical interfaces (baseboard management controllers, privileged serial ports) and software (consoles) to operating systems, virtual machines, etc. Foundation Management serves as The Defense Inside by addressing this security gap.

In the component layer of IT architecture privileged interfaces are at best managed through manual controls and are, at worst, "secured" by "trusting" the IT experts (internal IT staff, contractors and vendor service technicians) who use them. Foundation Management starts here - where IT infrastructure is most vulnerable to theft, revenge, innocent error and even terrorism.

The Defense Foundation from TDi Technologies® brings this security issue under control by addressing at its root cause, the component layer of IT architecture. Bringing privileged interfaces under secure, role-based control and oversight is the most effective and comprehensive means of dealing with the Insider Threat.